Chas Ubovich, a longtime figure on the California garage punk & new psychedelic scene, moved from sideman to bandleader with the Meatbodies, whose sound is hard-hitting & full of potent guitar work. Ubovich began playing shows with a handful of friends who included Cory Hanson of Wand, Erik Jimenez, & Riley Youngdahl, using the name Chad & the Meatbodies. Ty Segall was impressed with Ubovich’s new music. & Segall released a cassette-only collection of his home recordings on his own label. Ubovich then began to play bass in his band, Fuzz, but in 2014 he started putting his focus back on Meatbodies, & noted garage punk label ‘In the Red signed Ubovich & his group to a deal.